Posted by bulldog2 on June 21, 2010, at 7:32:01
In reply to Re: Best Mood Stabilizer For Bi Polar 2, posted by Dan_MI on June 21, 2010, at 6:12:35
> Lithium is the bedrock of my treatment, and it is a life saver for me.
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> I've had zero problems (14 years on the drug). Millions of people have no long term problems, including PhD and author Kaye Redfield Jamieson (sp?). She talks about being on lithium for the rest of her life in her many books about her struggle with bipolar.
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> > From personal experience if you had to chose one mood stabilizer which one would you chose and why?
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> > I am thinking of low dose Lithium.
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>At the age of 60 and 40 years of the wrong or a missed diagnosis has virtually left my life in ruins. It was always go after depression but the beast was never tamed.
So I guess sides aside what is the best biploar med that addresses the most issues.To Christ Empowered. I went after this monster with every weopon in the book or almost any. In 40 years I spent years off of drugs and tried meditation,diet,exercise,macrobiotics. Maybe that might explain my frustration with you. Psycho drugs have actually really never been tried until I was in my 40's. From the age of 18 on I tried all the alternative things that I was aware of.
Looking back on my father and his frightfull rages I believe this may be a genetic condition.The question is will low dose lithium attack the beast by that I mean sub therapeutic doses. I am not willing to go high as my creatine at my age is 1.35 which is beginning to creep up there.
Thanks for all input.
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